AED20(1): Call for Posters 2025 - CTPP

5 Aug 2024

Hi CTPP listserv -
The AED20(1) Subcommittee announces its Call for Posters for the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting. 
We look forward to your submissions.
Call Title
Understanding Census Data through Visualization
Sponsoring Committee
Census Data for Transportation Planning Subcommittee of the Urban Transportation Data and
Information Systems Committee, AED20(1)
Call Description
The Census Data for Transportation Planning Subcommittee of the Urban Transportation Data
and Information Systems Committee, AED20(1), invites you to submit posters for a session
focusing on Understanding Census Data through Visualization. In keeping with the theme of
our parent committee, topics focusing on transportation planning and urban data are
requested. Posters will be displayed at the TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, January
2025. All accepted posters will also have their work displayed on the AED20(1) website.
Authors of the most innovative poster may be invited to present at the subcommittee
meeting.
Background
The Subcommittee is interested in seeing the innovative ways in which people are
visualizing the Census to gain a better understanding of the demographic data.
Do you have a new graphical or visual way to display traditional data to aid in analysis?
Have you found a new platform to display the data? Have you been using a new method to
illustrate complex statistical concepts? How can viewing the Census data in a new way help
in analyzing the data? Have you run into issues or limits in using newer methods?
The goal of this poster session is to highlight new and creative ways to visualize Census
data.  The poster session would also like to share any challenges and lessons learned from
translating complex Census data into visual and analytical products.
Evaluation Criteria
Posters must incorporate data from at least one Census data product; Census data products
include but are not limited to Decennial Census data, the American Community Survey, LEHD,
Economic Census data, and AASHTO Census Transportation Solutions (ACTS, formerly CTPP).
Additional non-Census data sets may be used. Note: The National Household Travel Survey
(NHTS) is not a Census data product.
A broad range of abstracts relating to Understanding Census Data through Visualization are
welcome. Preference will be given to posters which emphasize the following:

  *   Analysis to solve complex problems;
  *   Creative ways to visualize Census data;
  *   New approaches to analyzing Census data;
  *   Demographic data to improve transportation planning; and/or
  *   Topics that address applications towards urban areas.
A session-development panel will review all abstracts to identify those that most
effectively meet the goals of the poster session. The subcommittee hopes to identify
posters representing a diverse array of uses and applications. Applicants will be notified
in late September whether their submission has been selected.
Poster Session Guidelines
Those selected for this session will prepare a poster for presentation at the 2025 Annual
Meeting in January. Participants are not required to prepare a paper. Each presenter will
be provided with a table and a 4' x 8' vertical panel for displaying posters and
other materials.  An electrical connection will be available at each station. Telephone
and internet connections will not be available. TRB's guidelines for poster
presenters are not yet available, but it is expected that all guidelines once available
should be followed.  Presenters are expected to register for the TRB meeting and
participate in this session.  Presentation teams are welcome.
Submission Instructions
A special deadline for submittals has been established. Interested candidates should
submit an abstract explaining their project and poster concept by 11:59 pm EDT on Monday,
September 16, 2024. The abstract should be no more than a single one-sided page in length
(approximately 500 words) and include:

  *   Main Contact information (name, agency/organization, phone number, email address)
  *   List of all authors of the poster including each person's name,
agency/organization, and email address
  *   Title of your proposed poster for use in the Annual Meeting agenda
  *   Data sources that your poster will focus on
  *   Explanation of the project, research, or process sets
  *   Any innovative discoveries or lessons learned that would be useful to the
transportation community
  *   Preliminary description of the information to be conveyed in your poster
In addition to the abstract, you are encouraged to include up to two visual(s) to
demonstrate your poster concept. You are also welcome to include links to on-line
materials that illustrate the analysis or results described in your abstract, but this
will not substitute for the information requested in the abstract.
The subcommittee will not consider sales presentations for products or services.
Abstracts should be in a PDF format and submitted to:
Kathy Yu
kyu@nctcog.org<mailto:kyu@nctcog.org>
Include the term "AED20(1) Poster Abstract 2025" in the subject line.

For More Information
Questions about the poster session or the abstract submittal process should be directed
to
Kyla Elzinga
kelzinga@aashto.org<mailto:kelzinga@aashto.org>
202-624-7797
Kathy Yu
kyu@nctcog.org<mailto:kyu@nctcog.org>
817-608-2343

Kyla Elzinga
she/her
Program Manager for Planning and Data
AASHTO | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
(202) 624-7797 | kelzinga@aashto.org<mailto:kelzinga@aashto.org>